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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463622903321

Autore

Rosenberg Christoph B

Titolo

Determinants of foreign currency borrowing in the new member states of the EU / / Christoph B. Rosenberg and Marcel Tirpák ; authorized for distribution by Christoph B. Rosenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-7093-4

1-4527-1275-1

9786612841248

1-282-84124-6

1-4518-7031-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/173

Altri autori (Persone)

TirpákMarcel

RosenbergChristoph B

Disciplina

332.15

Soggetti

Loans, Foreign - Europe, Central - Econometric models

Loans, Foreign - Europe, Eastern - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Stylized Facts; III. Reasons for Foreign Currency Borrowing-Some Hypotheses; IV. Empirical Estimation; A. Model Structure and Data; B. Estimation Results; V. Conclusions; VI. References; APPENDIX I. Data Sources and Transformations; APPENDIX II. Model Specification and Robustness Tests

Sommario/riassunto

The paper investigates the determinants of foreign currency borrowing by the private sector in the new member states of the European Union. We find that striking differences in patterns of foreign currency borrowing between countries are explained by the loan-to-deposit ratios, openness, and the interest rate differential. Joining the EU appears to have played an important role, by providing direct access to foreign funding, offering hedging opportunities through greater



openness, lending credibility to exchange rate regimes, and raising expectations of imminent euro adoption. The empirical ev